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Louise Arbour | Top 100 womenhttp://www.theguardian.com/law/2011/mar/08/louise-arbour-100-women
Human rights lawyer taking to task leaders from Kyrgyzstan to Sudan over abuses of power<p>Louise Arbour has sifted through evidence for some of the most appalling crimes of recent years in Yugoslavia and Rwanda, battled with border guards to investigate massacres and taken to task leaders from Kyrgyzstan to Sudan over human rights abuses – and she is still fighting.</p><p>Appointed chief prosecutor to the <a href="http://www.icty.org/" title="International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia">International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia</a> (ICTY) in 1996, the French-Canadian lawyer indicted former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/law/2011/mar/08/louise-arbour-100-women">Continue reading...</a>Louise ArbourLawHuman rightsWomenLife and styleTue, 08 Mar 2011 00:05:14 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/law/2011/mar/08/louise-arbour-100-womenFabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty ImagesLouise Arbour. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty ImagesFabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty ImagesHuman rights lawyer Louise Arbour . . . created 'the most effective international criminal court ever' Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty ImagesHoma Khaleeli2011-03-08T00:05:14ZMy legal hero: Louise Arbour | Geoffrey Nicehttp://www.theguardian.com/law/2010/nov/24/legal-heroes-louise-arbour
Louise Arbour's work for the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia brought her international respect<p>Louise Arbour was elevated directly from academia to the high court of Canada then to its court of appeal. From there she was appointed prosecutor (DPP if you like) of the Hague-based international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), where I met her in 1998, and of the Rwanda tribunal.</p><p>She left the job in 1999, too early, and became a Canadian supreme court judge, then the UN commissioner for human rights and is now head of the International Crisis Group.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/law/2010/nov/24/legal-heroes-louise-arbour">Continue reading...</a>International criminal justiceWar crimesSlobodan Milosevic trialLawLouise ArbourWed, 24 Nov 2010 11:40:58 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/law/2010/nov/24/legal-heroes-louise-arbourDusan Vranic/APChief prosecutor of the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal Louise Arbour in 1999. Photograph: Dusan Vranic/APDusan Vranic/APChief prosecutor of the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal Louise Arbour in 1999. Photograph: Dusan Vranic/APGeoffrey Nice2010-11-24T11:40:58ZKyrgyzstan: the void in Asia's heart | Louise Arbourhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/aug/25/kyrgyzstan-implosion-central-asia-threat
The world paid little heed to Kyrgyzstan's pogroms, but the chaos of this failed state will spread beyond<p>There is a hole in the map of Central Asia where Kyrgyzstan used to be. A country once considered an outpost of relative tolerance and democracy in a region of dysfunctional authoritarian regimes is today a deeply divided, practically failed, state. If the international response to its descent into political chaos is not swift and bold, the consequences will be disastrous.</p><p>After years of mismanagement and corruption <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8623021.stm" title="BBC News: Kyrgyz ex-leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev flies to Kazakhstan">President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was ousted</a> in April by a provisional government that has not succeeded in establishing its authority over the country. An explosion of violence, destruction and looting hit southern Kyrgyzstan in June, killing hundreds and deepening the gulf between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbek communities.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/aug/25/kyrgyzstan-implosion-central-asia-threat">Continue reading...</a>KyrgyzstanHuman rightsUnited NationsUzbekistanLouise ArbourSouth and Central AsiaWed, 25 Aug 2010 19:00:39 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/aug/25/kyrgyzstan-implosion-central-asia-threatLouise Arbour2010-08-25T19:00:39Z60,000 sign up to save Pervez's lifehttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2008/feb/05/60000signuptosavepervezs
<p>The UN high commissioner for human rights, <strong>Louise Arbour</strong>, has written to the Afghan government about the student journalist <strong>Sayed Pervez Kambaksh</strong>, <a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/greenslade/2008/02/why_all_journalists_should_sup.html">who is facing execution</a>. More than 60,000 people have signed a petition launched by <strong>The Independent</strong> to save Kambaksh's life. You can sign <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/sign-our-petitionbrbr-we-the-undersigned-urge-the-uk-foreign-office-to-put-all-possible-pressure-on-the-afghan-government-to-prevent-the-execution-of-sayed-pervez-kambaksh-brbr-775954.html">here</a> (Via <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/un-human-rights-supremo-joins-campaign-to-save-pervez-778020.html">The Independent</a>)</p><p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2008/feb/05/60000signuptosavepervezs">Continue reading...</a>Newspapers & magazinesMediaWorld newsAfghanistanHuman rightsCapital punishmentLawLouise ArbourTue, 05 Feb 2008 10:38:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2008/feb/05/60000signuptosavepervezsRoy Greenslade2008-02-05T10:38:00ZUN official: Khartoum knew of Darfur militia raidhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/oct/10/sudan.jonathansteele
<b>&#183;</b> Government men 'seen at meeting to plot attack' <br>
<b>&#183;</b> Hundreds may have died, says human rights chief<p>Scores of families were separated in the panic to escape, and many children are missing. The raids emptied some 47 villages and were carried out by between 300 and 1,000 armed men from the Habbania tribe of camel herders, from three African groups, the report says.</p><p>The attacks began on August 28 when eight villages were struck by men in khaki uniform riding camels. Cattle and property were looted and hundreds of people were injured or killed. Two days later the village of Amorodh al-Akdhar, where many had taken refuge, was also attacked.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/oct/10/sudan.jonathansteele">Continue reading...</a>World newsSudanDarfurLouise ArbourAfricaMon, 09 Oct 2006 23:05:37 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/oct/10/sudan.jonathansteeleJonathan Steele in Khartoum2006-10-09T23:05:37ZChief war crimes prosecutor quits at crucial timehttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jun/12/warcrimes.uk
<br><A HREF="http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/Kosovo" target=_new>Links, reports and background: more on Kosovo</a> <br><p>The announcement that Ms Arbour, 52, had been appointed to the Canadian supreme court emerged from Ottawa late on Thursday night. It was not unexpected but caused consternation, coming just as tribunal investigators are poised to enter Kosovo to search for evidence of war crimes. </p><p>Ms Arbour, who a fortnight ago announced the indictment of President Slobodan Milosevic and four of his cronies as war criminals, is expected to take up her new post in September. </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jun/12/warcrimes.uk">Continue reading...</a>War crimesWorld newsUK newsKosovoInternational criminal justiceLouise ArbourEuropeSat, 12 Jun 1999 13:47:02 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jun/12/warcrimes.ukStephen Bates in Brussels1999-06-12T13:47:02ZChief war crimes prosecutor quits at crucial timehttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jun/12/balkans4
<br><A HREF="http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/Kosovo" target=_new>Links, reports and background: more on Kosovo</a> <br><p>The announcement that Ms Arbour, 52, had been appointed to the Canadian supreme court emerged from Ottawa late on Thursday night. It was not unexpected but caused consternation, coming just as tribunal investigators are poised to enter Kosovo to search for evidence of war crimes. </p><p>Ms Arbour, who a fortnight ago announced the indictment of President Slobodan Milosevic and four of his cronies as war criminals, is expected to take up her new post in September. </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jun/12/balkans4">Continue reading...</a>World newsKosovoInternational criminal justiceLouise ArbourEuropeSat, 12 Jun 1999 02:45:05 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jun/12/balkans4Stephen Bates in Brussels1999-06-12T02:45:05ZNo rush to judgmenthttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jun/03/balkans4
The World Court missed a chance<p>The body which pronounced yesterday is indeed a court, more commonly known as the World Court. As the judicial arm of the United Nations, it only handles civil matters or international disputes, and is not a criminal court. Nevertheless, for it to determine the legality of what is going on in Yugoslavia could have been of great importance. Many of Nato's critics argue that its bombing is illegal because it was not approved by the Security Council in a specific resolution. Nato claims legal cover from earlier resolutions which demanded that Yugoslavia cease its repression of civilians in Kosovo and talked of &quot;further action&quot; if Yugoslavia failed to comply. It also claims that UN member states can act legally in order to avert an immediate and overwhelming humanitarian catastrophe. </p><p>Regrettably, though unsurprisingly, the majority of the court's judges ducked the issue. Their past performance has shown them to be acutely aware of the political content of the cases brought before them. The court has either played for time or has produced complicated verdicts which give small comfort to everyone rather than allowing one side to triumph. </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jun/03/balkans4">Continue reading...</a>World newsInternational criminal justiceLouise ArbourThu, 03 Jun 1999 02:55:10 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jun/03/balkans4Guardian Staff1999-06-03T02:55:10ZLouise Arbour 'exhausted'http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/30/theobserver1
<p>She is said to be exhausted by the job and strongly tempted to return to Ottawa and a seat on Canada's Supreme Court before her four-year term expires next year.</p><p>Observers are dismayed by the prospect of this tough-minded prosecutor quitting the tribunal at its most critical juncture. Sources close to the Canadian Prime Minister, Jean Chretien, said last week that the long-rumoured appointment was imminent. Arbour, on leave from the Ontario Court of Appeal, confirmed she was considering it.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/30/theobserver1">Continue reading...</a>World newsLouise ArbourSun, 30 May 1999 00:12:54 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/30/theobserver1Guardian Staff1999-05-30T00:12:54ZLouise Arbour 'exhausted'http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/30/balkans.milosevictrial
<p>Louise Arbour, chief prosecutor at the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, may not linger to press the charges she announced last week against Slobodan Milosevic and the others.</p><p>She is said to be exhausted by the job and strongly tempted to return to Ottawa and a seat on Canada's Supreme Court before her four-year term expires next year.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/30/balkans.milosevictrial">Continue reading...</a>World newsSlobodan Milosevic trialLouise ArbourSun, 30 May 1999 00:09:42 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/30/balkans.milosevictrialGuardian Staff1999-05-30T00:09:42ZMaking Milosevic payhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/28/balkans10
Indictment: A landmark decision has been made but what happens next remains unclear <br><A HREF="http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/Kosovo" target=_new>Links, reports and background: more on Kosovo</a> <br><p>Eight years after Yugoslavia's violent disintegration Slobodan Milosevic, its shrewd, manipulative leader, together with four senior colleagues, faces unprecedented charges of mass deportation and murder on a scale not seen in Europe since the darkest days of the Nazi era. </p><p>Reactions to the move were swift and furious. Human rights lobbyists applauded the indictment - the first ever of a serving head of state - as a landmark as important as the attempt to prosecute the former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet. </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/28/balkans10">Continue reading...</a>World newsKosovoInternational criminal justiceLouise ArbourEuropeFri, 28 May 1999 00:02:40 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/28/balkans10Ian Black in London and Chris Bird in Skopje1999-05-28T00:02:40ZThe indictment of Milosevichttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/28/balkans6
<br><A HREF="http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/Kosovo" target=_new>Links, reports and background: more on Kosovo</a> <br><p>On May 22, I presented an indictment for confirmation against Slobodan Milosevic and four others, charging them with crimes against humanity - specifically murder, deportation and persecutions, and with violations of the laws and customs of war. The indictment was confirmed by a judge of this tribunal on May 24. The indictment was the subject of a non-disclosure order which expired at noon today. I sought this order on the basis of security considerations, in particular for the UN humanitarian mission which left the former Yugoslavia this morning. </p><p>The following accused are jointly indicted: </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/28/balkans6">Continue reading...</a>World newsKosovoInternational criminal justiceLouise ArbourEuropeFri, 28 May 1999 00:02:39 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/28/balkans6Louise Arbour1999-05-28T00:02:39ZUN's iron lady shows no fearhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/28/1
Profile: Chief prosecutor Louise Arbour <br><A HREF="http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/Kosovo" target=_new>Links, reports and background: more on Kosovo</a> <br><p>Ms Arbour, 52, a French-Canadian, was appointed chief prosecutor to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in 1996, replacing the widely respected judge, Richard Goldstone. </p><p>The job marked her debut on the international stage, having worked her way up through the Canadian legal system to become a trial judge at the supreme court in Ontario in 1987. </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/28/1">Continue reading...</a>World newsKosovoLouise ArbourEuropeFri, 28 May 1999 00:02:21 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/28/1Chris Bird in Skopje1999-05-28T00:02:21ZThe indictment of Milosevichttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/28/4
<br><A HREF="http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/Kosovo" target=_new>Links, reports and background: more on Kosovo</a> <br><p>On May 22, I presented an indictment for confirmation against Slobodan Milosevic and four others, charging them with crimes against humanity - specifically murder, deportation and persecutions, and with violations of the laws and customs of war. The indictment was confirmed by a judge of this tribunal on May 24. The indictment was the subject of a non-disclosure order which expired at noon today. I sought this order on the basis of security considerations, in particular for the UN humanitarian mission which left the former Yugoslavia this morning. </p><p>The following accused are jointly indicted: </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/28/4">Continue reading...</a>World newsKosovoInternational criminal justiceLouise ArbourEuropeFri, 28 May 1999 00:02:19 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/28/4Louise Arbour1999-05-28T00:02:19ZMaking Milosevic payhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/28/ianblack
Indictment: A landmark decision has been made but what happens next remains unclear <br><A HREF="http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/Kosovo" target=_new>Links, reports and background: more on Kosovo</a> <br><p>Eight years after Yugoslavia's violent disintegration Slobodan Milosevic, its shrewd, manipulative leader, together with four senior colleagues, faces unprecedented charges of mass deportation and murder on a scale not seen in Europe since the darkest days of the Nazi era. </p><p>Reactions to the move were swift and furious. Human rights lobbyists applauded the indictment - the first ever of a serving head of state - as a landmark as important as the attempt to prosecute the former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet. </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/28/ianblack">Continue reading...</a>World newsKosovoInternational criminal justiceLouise ArbourEuropeFri, 28 May 1999 00:02:12 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/28/ianblackIan Black in London and Chris Bird in Skopje1999-05-28T00:02:12Z27 May: Milosevic formally indicted for war crimeshttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/27/balkans8
<p>Mr Milosevic and four other top Yugoslav officials were accused of bearing direct responsibility for a range of crimes including forced deportation, rapes, killings and illegal detention. Arrest warrants have been served on all five and Judge Arbour asked states to seek and freeze all of their assets. </p><p>A senior Yugoslav official dismissed the indictment as politically motivated. &quot;This court for us does not exist, so the indictment as well,&quot; said Branko Brankovic, Yugoslav's ambassador to the UN in Geneva. &quot;This court has been established for political reasons by only 15 countries of the UN security council. This so-called indictment is the last attempt by the Nato countries to avoid what is obviously inevitable - and that's a total collapse of the policy aggression by Nato against... Yugoslavia.&quot; </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/27/balkans8">Continue reading...</a>World newsKosovoInternational criminal justiceLouise ArbourEuropeThu, 27 May 1999 12:13:45 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/27/balkans8Guardian staff and agencies1999-05-27T12:13:45ZKey Serbs could elude investigatorshttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/13/balkans6
War crimes Prosecutor says peace deal may protect killers<p>The Canadian judge said her visits to Moscow, Bonn, Paris and Washington were a frantic lobbying exercise to make sure the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) would be allowed full access across Serbia to pursue senior officials responsible for alleged killings, rape and torture in Kosovo.</p><p>'There's every possibility of being excluded in a deal,' Ms Arbour said. 'That's why I'm making such a fuss about it. I think there's no credible basis to do it but there will be all kinds of imperatives that will make it very convenient to get our agenda off the table because it's a tough one.'</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/13/balkans6">Continue reading...</a>World newsInternational criminal justiceLouise ArbourThu, 13 May 1999 00:35:18 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/13/balkans6By Chris Bird in Skopje1999-05-13T00:35:18ZKey Serbs could elude investigatorshttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/13/5
War crimes: Prosecutor says peace deal may protect killers<p>The Canadian judge said her visits to Moscow, Bonn, Paris and Washington were a frantic lobbying exercise to make sure the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) would be allowed full access across Serbia to pursue senior officials responsible for alleged killings, rape and torture in Kosovo.</p><p>'There's every possibility of being excluded in a deal,' Ms Arbour said. 'That's why I'm making such a fuss about it. I think there's no credible basis to do it but there will be all kinds of imperatives that will make it very convenient to get our agenda off the table because it's a tough one.'</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/13/5">Continue reading...</a>World newsInternational criminal justiceLouise ArbourThu, 13 May 1999 00:31:26 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/13/5By Chris Bird in Skopje1999-05-13T00:31:26ZBad blood in the Balkanshttp://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jan/18/derekbrown1
<p> This murderous affair cannot go on without threatening the security of Europe. It is no longer a matter of human rights alone, however outrageously they have been violated. </p><p> And before Europeans rush to judgment on the bullying brutality of the Serbs, they should realise that the conflict is rooted deep in Balkan history. Centuries of it. </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jan/18/derekbrown1">Continue reading...</a>KosovoLouise ArbourEuropeMon, 18 Jan 1999 17:33:18 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jan/18/derekbrown1By Derek Brown1999-01-18T17:33:18ZNato draws up ultimatum to Serbshttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jan/18/balkans2
A change of tack is being called for, writes Martin Walker in Brussels<p></p><p> In what was seen as a way to break the cycle of Serbian atrocities and Nato wranglings over air strikes, Ms Arbour was last night heading for Macedonia to enter Kosovo through the back door.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jan/18/balkans2">Continue reading...</a>World newsKosovoLouise ArbourEuropeMon, 18 Jan 1999 16:01:15 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jan/18/balkans2Guardian Staff1999-01-18T16:01:15Z